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An armed man robbed a Bermuda Dunes donut shop Thursday afternoon. Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies say the man went into Teddy’s Donuts about 1:20 p.m. with a handgun and demanded money from the person behind the cash register. Teddy’s Donuts is located at 40-100 Washington St. The robber exited the business and went to a

Two men were arrested during Independence Day celebrations in Banning after several people were pepper sprayed and one person was stabbed, according to a police spokesman. Officers responded to the 2100 block of West Jefferson St. around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, where they said discovered several people suffering the effects of being sprayed in the

The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office refused to press criminal charges on Thursday against an 87-year-old Palm Springs man, who was accused of helping his ill wife take her own life. Palm Springs police Sgt. Mike Kovaleff said William Bentinck was arrested at a home on La Condesa Drive late Monday, where the Riverside County

Cal Fire and U.S. Bureau of Land Management crews are battling a vegetation fire burning along Highway 74. A Cal Fire spokesperson said the fire — estimated at one acre — was reported around 12:30 p.m. on Thursday. Officers with the California Highway Patrol are reporting the fire is close to the intersection of Highway

Cal Fire and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management made quick work in dousing a vegetation fire that was burning in the mountains above Palm Desert on Thursday. Crews on the front-lines told KESQ they had the fire almost completely out by 1:45 p.m. Firefighters were called to the intersection of Highway 74 and Carrizo

A murder charge was filed today against a 36-year-old Desert Hot Springs man accused in the shooting death of a Whittier man. La Von Albert Myers allegedly shot Ronald Locke, 46, at 8:40 p.m. June 26 at an apartment in the 68000 block of Calle Azteca in Desert Hot Springs. Locke was pronounced dead at

A 13-year-old Orange County boy who became separated from his father and lost his way during a hike in Mount San Jacinto State Park was home safe today. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the teenager was rescued hours after he was reported lost around 3 p.m. Wednesday in the wilderness preserve. The Cypress

Fireworks shows celebrating America’s 236th birthday will begin Tuesday night in Riverside County, ahead of a series of parades and pyrotechnic events planned countywide on Wednesday. Fireworks will follow the Palm Springs Power baseball game Wednesday at Palm Springs Stadium. Power will play the Casa Grande Cotton Kings at 6:05 p.m., and the “All American

The family of a 16-year-old girl, who may have been hit and killed by a vehicle, plans to hold a vigil in her honor on Friday. The body of Zia Hoyos was found on Gene Autry Trail, north of East Via Escuela, about 1:35 a.m. on May 21. Police said she may have been the

A 19-year-old accused of holding up a Palm Desert convenience store early Thursday morning was jailed and awaiting formal charges. Sgt. Dan Devinny said officers were called to the Circle K store at the intersection of Washington Street and Country Club Drive around 2:45 a.m. The clerk told them the suspect, Robert Dominic Espionza III,

Un residente de Palm Springs fue arrestado ayer mircoles por la tarde como sospechoso de intento de asesinato. Casi 12 horas despus de que la polica acudi a las 5:39 a.m. a un complejo de apartamentos ubicados sobre Sunrise Way en Palm Springs, localizaron en un rea no incorporada de Desert Hot Springs a Mario

A small earthquake shook parts of the San Bernardino National Forest on Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The earthquake — measuring 3.5 in magnitude — hit around 11:18 a.m. and was centered around 3 miles north of Big Bear City and 6 miles northeast of Big Bear Lake, according to the USGS. There

Ayer a la 1:20 de la tarde la polica acudi al rea de El Cielo Road y Kirk Douglas Way cerca del Aeropuerto Internacional de Palm Springs despus de que el conductor de un vehlo perdiera el control y se impactara con un semforo. El chofer del carro no sufri herisas durante el incendente que

El vocero del Departamento del Sheriff del Condado de Riverside Lt. Matthew Martello confim que ayer mircoles a las 1:30 p.m. recibiceron una llamada que reportaba que un sujeto armado entr a Coldstone Creamery que se ubica en la manzana 78-370 del Hwy 111 de La Quinta y exigi al empleado que le entregara el

A Palm Springs man, wanted on suspicion of attempted murder, was arrested Wednesday evening. Nearly 12 hours after Palm Springs police were first called to the 300 block of South Sunrise at 5:39 a.m, police located Mario Antonio Abelon in a home in the unincorporated area of Desert Hot Springs. Abelon is accused of shooting

Palm Springs police are searching for a Palm Springs man, suspected in a shooting that happened early Wednesday morning, according to police. It happenedjust before5:45 a.m. outside the Andalucia Apartments on the 300 block of South Sunrise. Officers found a 44 year-oldman inside a white van, who had been shot in the chest, said Sgt.